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Stairway to heaven: The painstakingly constructed Inca terraces that make possible the cultivation of the canyon

An Inca goldmine, conjured out of thin air

Orient-Express has opened a new hotel at one of Peru's leading tourist attractions, the skyscraping Colca Canyon

Big and beautiful: Bucharest's Parliament Palace is second only to the Pentagon in the size of its floorspace

City Slicker: Bucharest

The Soviet-era monoliths are still there, but as Romania's capital reaches its 550th birthday, Ian McCurrach finds that such words as 'hip' and 'trendy' are not out of place

Isle of Wight: The sands of time

This year many families plan to holiday closer to home. Susanna Reid prescribes a stay on the Isle of Wight.

St Lucia teardrop-shaped island, 4,200 miles south-west of Gatwick, manages to pack in lush rainforest, scores of golden beaches and striking mountains into its 238 square miles ? twice the size of the Isle of Wight, and rather more sultry.

The Complete Guide To St Lucia

Cool off with the jazz crowd, retreat to the rainforest or simply wallow in the water: this Caribbean island has it all, says Simon Redfern

My Life in Travel: Robson Green

'Fremantle is like the Edinburgh Festival without the drizzle'

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